St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-15
THE WORST THEY'VE COT
fnat Is What Mayor Ames Says he Is
Z Desirous that the Grand Jury
Should Give Him.
he Is Ready to Meet ALI Charges, and
Wants the Inquiry Rigid and
4 ii Comprehensive.
vi
hifts Thrown Out that the Republican
Method of Raising Funds Needs
n Little Airing.
"a i,
Caushc Remarks Upon Last Falls Riok
--4Who Hired Pinkerton's Men
!. to Foment II.

q SO
Mayor Ames had his coat and vest off
yesterday afternoon as he sat before an
open window in his Office. W.. MuY-
ray, corporation counsel of ST. Paul, and
Il number of leading Democrats had
been talking over political matters when
GLOBE reporter asked the mayor if he
nad been indicted by the grand jury.
DON'T know, but | hope so-JOhn An
derson, Grace, Blethen and John DE
Laittre ought to be able to get an in
dlctment by their united efforts.
NOW L want it distinctly understood
that nave no connection with Blethen
or any of his gang. He has been con
ylcted OF fast driving. and is therefore
deoarred from ever holding any Office
OF public trust in this community.
feel sorry for him, and therefore de-
sire 10 say no more on the subject. As
far as this grand jury investigation is
concerned. L desire to say that invite
the most careful scrutiny of any and all
OF my official acts, and if l have ever
taken cent from.
THE PUBLIC FUNDS
directly or indirectly, and if the grand
jury will establish this, pledge myself,
as have heretofore, never to hold an
other office of public trust. The fore
man of the grand jury, John De Laittre,
IS a personal and political enemy
and will probably use his t4st
endeavors to have me indicn...
that the stigma of my being SC indicted
may be sent broadcast throughout the
state for political purposes. He de-
clared in the West hotel, before he was
drawn as grand juror, that he thought
an Indictment against me was ''es-
Sentlal," which remark was over
heard by detective of the
police force. l see no good reason why
ne should not secure that indictmeN,
now that he is foreman of the jury. OF
course he is acting from a ''nOn-parti-
san" point of view, but his meth
obs are nevertheless questiona-
bic; l have no reply to make
to the insinuatiens of the man Grace,
Knowing as l do that they emanate from
questionable legal authority, whose
Well-known verbiage is revealed in the
sG-called letters, in which certain inSin-
self. [ suggest to this brilliant
legal light that he step to the front and
not allow Grace to mOnopoliZe all the
not0rlety. L desire to reiterate what |
said N recent interview to the effect
that l am prepared at any and all
times to
CoNTRAvERT ANY CHARGES
which. may be made against me in my
. Official capacity. 1t is an easy matter
for anybody who has knowledge which
wall serve as a foundation for
chageS against me to present them to
the city council and have me impeached,
/ or to bring them before the
gfand9jury new in session, and have me
or pa3fa
court . indiesmeg defy any man
to ETS eviu my official
tAreiacfton Of ~C,:, or to SHOW
iafflse f<ssEs has been misappropri-
alee tsnaoF laE several administrations.
Ig'woeld IN 20 place the Republican
county committee on the stand
and ask them where they col
lectedi' funds to further the can
binary; of their nominees during
the gubernatorial campaign, and also
why they increased, if not for political
support. the salary of the clerk of court.
, from $4,000 to $4,000 per year. Per-
haps we had better drop this in
vestigation before it goes too far.
What my political friends did while
was absent from the city stumping the
state | have no direct knowledge
OF. If they raised funds per
haps the sources from which they
came will compare favOrably with the
sources from which the Republican
campaign money was obtained Per
hapS it will be for the interest of the
present non-partisan grand jury not to
inquire too closely into the
METHODS OF EITHER PARTY.
The foreman of the grand jury has
had some experience and ought to know
this. We have had little spat over
this affair a d [ expect him to do his
worst as far as am con-
cerned. If he will only use ex-officer
Grace and his testimony, I think he
will succeed in making record for him
self. Ipity the Republican party in its
endeavor to learn facts concerning the
Democratic campaign fund, and
call upon it to show where they.
got the money paid the Pinkerton men
to create last falls riot when it was
telegraphed throughout the state that
eighty leading citizens were killed and
$50 severely wounded, with Col. Glenn
at the head of the rioters and Mayor
Ames at the head of the police
force refusing to protect lives and
property-all this when / was at New
Ulm making the last speech of the cam
paign. The result of that riot will
prove boone rang which will react
upon the Local Republican forces
that planned it, and | am now aching
for the campaign of 1883, that |
may expose the outrageS which were
perpetrated to save the Republican
party from complete humiliation last
fall. The perpetrators of that outrage
will never again occupy any office of
public trust, and this | feel certain will
be the verdict of the people,
who have been blinded and de-
ceived. would advise the
fanatics on the grand jury to turn loose
their dogs of war upon me. This, to-
gether with the public opinion already
formed, will enable the Democrats to
carry the state by 10000 majority in
1888. Tell 'em to turn loose and give me
the worst they've got.
''All l ask of the grand jury is that it
shall bring true bill against me upon
which / may have a trial, and not one
of these hypocritical hOmilies in which
a great deal is inSinuated and charged
which is based upOn eX parte testi-
many,s and to which no reply can be
mttde.i. I detest the underhanded
and s,teaking warfare that has been
carried on through the columns of the
Republican papers. Let them come to
the front and make their charges in such
a way that the people can know what
they are and who it is that makes
them.'j
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